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Personal Specifications

As TDC nears its tenth year of business, the company is at an exciting stage of development having grown steadily since launch and more than doubling in turnover and size since 2020. With ambitious onward growth targets and expanding our portfolio, we are looking for a full time Account Manager with strong public relations experience who is outgoing, driven, committed and enthusiastic. This is an opportunity for a passionate and ambitious professional to make their mark, become a mid-level leadership figure in the business and help in keeping a firm hand on the tiller as we grow. A good understanding of the UK media, PR strategy and methodology is essential. The ideal candidate will have a personal passion for the creative industries.

Role Overview

To contribute to TDC PR’s continued success by becoming a mid-level leadership figure in the business, split primarily across client account management and management of junior team members, with room for assistance with strategic business development. This role will report into TDC PR’s senior team, working together to co-manage our roster of clients and ensure the continued delivery of work in line with the high standards and personal, collaborative approach TDC PR has prided itself on from day one. The day-to-day will include:

• Managing a portfolio of clients with the support and oversight of the senior team
• Providing strategic counsel to clients to aid their PR and wider marketing campaigns
• Providing commentators and product or company information to the media (newspapers, magazines, radio, television and online news sites)
• Building relationships with existing and new clients
• Building relationships with key media contacts
• Liaising with clients regarding press campaigns, creative projects and PR solutions
• Dealing with the media, speaking to journalists and other members of the press
• Providing innovative and creative ideas to clients
• Briefing clients and updating them on press campaigns
• Analysing PR coverage and providing written reports
• Communicating effectively with a range of stakeholders

Key Responsibilities

• Daily point of contact with key media contact
• Developing industry, sector and product focused PR campaigns
• Managing the needs of the client and their accounts
• Contributing to daily meetings, and liaising and updating clients on PR activities
• Keeping abreast of current PR trends and tools
• Building client relationships and maintaining a network of media contacts including journalists and industry spokespeople
• Spearheading both traditional PR and social media projects
• Developing news angles, stories and pitches to further the client’s profile, products and services.
• Fulfilling the client’s key performance indicators and growing accounts
• Being involved in pitching for new business and developing PR proposals
• Managing a high level of client interactions
• Managing and mentoring junior members of staff

Key Skills and Experience

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years’ experience in an in–house or agency PR role, ideally relating or connected to the sectors outlined above.
• High levels of communication – both presentation, verbal and written skills
• Impressive emotional intelligence and interpersonal expertise
• A passion for the media, including social media
• Flair for creativity, strategic thinking and innovation
• Strong copywriting and marketing mastery
• Commercially aware and business savvy
• Good industry knowledge and experience in building influential networks
• Solid computer prowess and project management skills
• Outstanding organisation with an ability to manage multiple projects
• Service focused and sensitive to confidential information
• A self-starter dedicated to growth and results
• Energetic, inspiring and self-motivated team player.
• Patient and committed when managing/mentoring junior team members
• Extremely well organised with a great attention to detail
• Resourceful, intuitive and inventive problem solver

If you would like to apply for this role, please send us an email with your CV to [email protected].

Personal Specifications

We are looking for a full time Account Director with strong b2b experience and focus across the marketing services and creative agency spectrum. The AD will work alongside TDC’s management team delivering across client service, media relations, team management, workflow planning and new business. This is an opportunity for a passionate and ambitious senior PR professional to make their mark, become a leadership figure in the business and help in keeping a firm hand on the tiller as we grow. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in leading PR agency teams as well as a good understanding of the UK media, PR strategy and methodology. The ideal candidate will have a personal passion for subject matter relating to design, creative, culture, business and brands.

Role Overview

The Account Director will contribute to TDC’s continued success by becoming a positive, motivational and supportive leadership figure in the business working alongside other senior team members. The successful candidate will be a senior contact for clients, will manage and oversee TDC’s various accounts teams to ensure campaigns are delivered and service level agreements are met. Commercially
minded and creative in nature, the Account Director will be adept at building relationships with key commentators, industry spokespeople and senior journalists. They will also direct and lead PR projects and provide counsel to their clients and board alike. As a senior member of the business, they will also deliver new business and grow existing accounts.

The day-to-day will include:

• Senior contact for client accounts
• Managing client service and agency performance
• Overseeing PR campaigns from creative brief to implementation and delivery
• Analysing PR outcomes and interpreting data
• Presenting findings to TDC’s management team, clients and key stakeholders
• Delegating to and managing account teams
• Nurturing talent
• Winning new business and developing current client accounts
• Contributing to the overall TDC business
• Developing a wide network and nurturing key contacts

Key Responsibilities

• Leading and managing select account teams, providing career counsel, professional development support, monitoring and performance reviews
• Identifying training needs where required
• Managing new accounts along with existing ones
• Key contact for clients.
• Overseeing media strategy and account development
• Providing support for agency growth and development of new business pipeline
• Achieving exceptional outcomes for current clients and managing an extended portfolio ensuring consistency of service is delivered in line with company policy
• Championing the agency values and brand
• Developing senior press relationships and managing contacts with key commentators, industry spokespeople and sector influencers
• Offering crisis management and counsel to clients and extending networking opportunities
• Overseeing provision of account resources
• Formulating business strategy in conjunction with other directors
• Reporting into the management team and providing high level data analysis

Key Skills and Experience

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of between 5-7 years’ experience in a PR agency role, ideally relating or connected to the sectors outlined above.
• A strong industry network and contacts with senior journalists and members of the press
• Proven track record of successfully implementing PR campaigns for a range of clients
• Polished presenter and adept at explaining PR terms and outcomes to senior players
• Commercial acumen and experience of successfully developing new business
• Management experience of developing talent and overseeing performance
• Driven, ambitious and willing to contribute to the business
• Keen networker and adept at building relationships with key influencers and industry spokespeople
• Proven ability to present complex industry information to target audiences
• Expertise at handling a range of media to place products, grow brands or pitch for new customers
• Excellent project management skills with strong organisational and planning skills
• Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills
• Strong negotiation and delegation skills

If you would like to apply for this role, please send us an email with your CV to [email protected].